# Kuniaki Takahashi

Kuniaki Takahashi (高橋邦明, Takahashi Kuniaki, born 27 October 1972, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a retired Japanese professional drifting driver. He competed in the D1 Grand Prix series for his own team, Team Kunny'z. Alongside D1, he also competed in Formula Drift Japan events. He currently serve as judge for D1GP.

## Complete drifting results

| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | 2nd place |
| Bronze | 3rd place |
| Green | Last 4 [Semi-final] |
| Blue | Last 8 [Quarter-final] |
| Purple | Last 16 (16) [1st Tsuiou Round OR Tandem Battle] (Numbers are given to indicate Top 10 finish) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) (Given to indicate that the driver has been stripped of their position through disqualification) |
| White | First Round (TAN) [Tansou OR Qualifying Single Runs] |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
* When driver's position are highlighted in blue, this indicates either the driver earned 100pt or 100pt tansou (solo run) bonus has been awarded, with the latter being in use for Pre-2005.

### D1 Grand Prix

| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Position | Points |
| 2001 | | Toyota JZX100 | EBS DNQ | NIK DNQ | BHH N | EBS TAN | NIK N | ⇨ | ⇨ | ⇨ | - | 0 |
| 2002 | | Toyota JZX100 | BHH N | EBS TAN | SGO TAN | TKB DNQ | EBS DNQ | SEK N | NIK N | ⇨ | - | 0 |
| 2003 | | Toyota JZX100 | TKB 10 | BHH 16 | SGO TAN | FUJ 3 | EBS TAN | SEK TAN | TKB 16 | ⇨ | 15 | 18 |
| 2004 | | Toyota JZX100 | IRW TAN | SGO DNQ | EBS DNQ | APS DNQ | ODB DNQ | EBS DNQ | TKB 9 | ⇨ | 23 | 4 |
| 2005 | Kunny's | Toyota JZX100 | IRW 14 | ODB 16 | SGO TAN | APS TAN | EBS TAN | FUJ TAN | TKB TAN | ⇨ | 28 | 2 |
| 2006 | Kunny's | Toyota JZX100 | IRW DNQ | SGO TAN | FUJ TAN | APS TAN | EBS TAN | SUZ TAN | FUJ TAN | IRW DNQ | - | 0 |
| 2007 | kunny'z | Toyota JZX100 | EBS TAN | FUJ TAN | SUZ TAN | SGO 9 | EBS TAN | APS TAN | FUJ TAN | ⇨ | 22 | 5 |
| 2008 | GOODYEAR Racing with Do-Luck | Toyota JZX100 | EBS 6 | FUJ T-23 | SUZ Q-41 | OKY T-27 | APS 7 | EBS Q-24 | FUJ T-19 | ⇨ | 17 | 23 |
| 2009 | GOODYEAR Racing with DLK | Toyota JZX100 | EBS T-19 | APS 15 | OKY 14 | OKY 11 | EBS T-21 | EBS T-24 | FUJ 8 | FUJ 10 | 12 | 28 |
| 2010 | GOODYEAR Racing with Du-Luck | Toyota JZX100 | EBS 15 | APS 7 | OKY 9 | OKY T-31 | EBS 9 | EBS 14 | FUJ 10 | ⇨ | 11 | 39 |
| 2011 | GOODYEAR Racing with Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | ODB 4 | ODB 2 | APS 7 | SUZ 6 | OKY 7 | EBS 2 | EBS 13 | FUJ 2 | 3 | 177 |
| 2012 | GOODYEAR Racing with Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | ODB 10 | SUZ 1 | APS 17 | EBS 3 | EBS 9 | CSC 13 | ODB 7 | ⇨ | 3 | 81 |
| 2013 | GOODYEAR Racing with Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | MSI 8 | SUZ 7 | EBS 8 | EBS 20 | HBR 11 | ODB 16 | ⇨ | ⇨ | 15 | 44 |
| 2014 | GOODYEAR Racing with Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | FUJ 3 | SUZ 3 | APS 1 | EBS 6 | EBS 2 | ODB 14 | ⇨ | ⇨ | 1 | 138.5 |
| 2015 | GOODYEAR Racing with TOPTUL | Toyota GRX130 | ODB 10 | SUZ 8 | EBS 2 | TKB 16 | MSI 15 | ODB 22 | ⇨ | ⇨ | 7 | 89 |
| 2016 | GOODYEAR Racing with Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | ODB 8 | FUJ 22 | TKB 21 | TKB Q-33 | EBS Q-31 | EBS Q-27 | ODB N | ⇨ | 29 | 16 |
| 2017 | GOODYEAR Racing Team Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | ODB Q-24 | ODB 7 | TKB Q-18 | MSI Q-24 | EBS Q-27 | EBS Q-21 | ODB N | ⇨ | 27 | 15 |
| 2018 | GOODYEAR Racing Team Kunny'z | Toyota GRX130 | MSI R | MSI N | APS N | TOK 21 | TKB Q-20 | EBS 7 | EBS 20 | ODB N | 26 | 17 |

## Sources

* D1 Grand Prix
* Takahashi's D1 Profile
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